[Dxspider-support] Cluster Abuse and IP Addresses

[Anthony(N2KI)]

Ian,

 

How do you maintain the list of registered users?  Do you keep a separate notepad file with all the registrants in case there
is a node failure; in which case you would have to re-register each one?  This is one my concerns with starting up
registration again on my node. Also I presume that the node partners have to be registered as well?

 

Anthony

 

 

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From: dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org [mailto:dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org] On Behalf Of Ian Maude
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:11 AM
To: ve7cc at shaw.ca; The DXSpider Support list
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Cluster Abuse and IP Addresses

 

 

2009/11/24 Lee Sawkins <ve7cc at shaw.ca>



How does registration work with DX Spider nodes?  Can I just log into a
cluster with any call I want and request registration and it will be
given, or is there some checking to verify that I really am who I say I
am?

 

I have been running registration for some time now Lee and it is simply a deterrent.  There is no way to prove that someone
is who they say they are but I have had no issues.  I can also stop any abuse that is seen by simply removing the
registration from that user until I can work out what is happening.

If a user wants more security they can have a password but that of course works only on the node they normally connect to.

I have over 2000 registered users on the two nodes I run and I have had no problems so far.

As a sysop, I feel it is my duty to check the cluster and try to be aware of any issues that crop up.  I also have the time
to do it these days :)  Unfortunately, some feel they can simply install the software and let it run itself, sometimes to the
detriment of the network.

I strongly suggest that sysops require registration for their nodes.  I can check the IP addresses of locally connected users
easily and I can RCMD that information from another cluster with Spider.  I cannot look at the IP address of anyone else
though of course.  However, I do not totally see the need to in a network with the simple addition of registration.

 

73 Ian

 

-- 
Ian J Maude, G0VGS
SysOp GB7MBC & HB9DRV-9 DX Clusters
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Lee

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